Intrinsic activity and positive feedback in motor circuits in organotypic spinal cord slice cultures

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1487-1497

  Magloire, Vincent ^a   Streit, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co cultures; D tubocurarine; Motoneuron; Multi electrode arrays; Rat; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CARBENOXOLONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TUBOCURARINE;

EID: 70350223816     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06978.x     Document Type: Article

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